Minecraft:Java Edition 1.8.8

1.8.8<ref name="1.8.8-release"/> is a minor update to Template:JE that was released on July 28, 2015,<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> to mainly fix security bugs and crashes. 1.8.8 is compatible with servers running 1.8–1.8.7.<ref name="1.8.8-release">Template:Cite</ref> While it was not the last update to 1.8, it was the last one before the snapshots of 1.9 started.

A pre-release for 1.8.8 was released on July 27, 2015, for players to test,<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> though the full release of 1.8.8 is identical to this pre-release.

Additions

General

Minecraft:Realms

• Added the minigame Splatter by SethBling to Minecraft:Realms.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  • SethBling had originally named the map Splatoon after Template:Wikipedia, but it was renamed by Minecraft:Marc Watson for copyright reasons.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• Realm-wide resource packs for custom maps and minigames

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Banners

• Only up to 16 layers are rendered now.

General

Minecraft:Resource packs

• Now displays an error if the Minecraft:pack format version number is not 1.
  • Resource packs that do not match the version now require user acknowledgment to use.
    • Resource packs that were selected in a different version are unselected automatically.

Trivia

• This was the last Java Edition 1.x.8 release until Minecraft:Java Edition 1.21.8, which released almost 10 years later.